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My interest in what happens in diverse urban schools began when I
became involved in a study of school desegregation while in graduate
school. Those interests have led me to study a range of issues in
schools, including school schedules and structures, teaching
approaches such as cooperative learning and conflict resolution,
social influence processes, and student background characteristics
including poverty, type of housing, language, ability, and
race/ethnicity. This work has been facilitated by time I spent in
the Saint Paul Public Schools as their director of research,
evaluation and assessment. Recently, my work has moved beyond
schools to look more broadly at how universities engage urban
communities to build partnerships addressing key social issues. I have complemented my substantive
interests with methodology interests in structural equation methods
and program evaluation.
Finally, I have held administrative roles that have enriched and
informed my research interests, including director of the Center
for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI),
assistant/associate vice president for multicultural and academic
affairs, and now vice president for system academic administration . I am
a past-president of the Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), and currently edit one of
their journals, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.
Courses I teach
(all EPSY courses)
EPSY 8266—Statistical Analysis Using Structural Equation Methods
Selected publications
Maruyama, G., & Ruscher, J. B. (2006).
Postscript and a call for change. Analyses of Social
Issues and Public Policy, 6(1), 255-261.
Maruyama, G., Burke, M., & Mariani,
C. (2005). The role and importance of pre-collegiate
partnership programs in environments ambivalent about
affirmative action. Journal of Social Issues, 61(3),
427-448.
Flores Neimann, Yolanda, & Maruyama,
G. (2005). Inequities in higher education: Issues and
promising practices in a world ambivalent about
Affirmative Action. Journal of Social Issues, 61(3),
407-426.
Maruyama, G. (2004). Program
evaluation, action research, and social psychology: A
powerful blend for addressing applied problems. In
Sansone, C., Morf, C. C., & Panter, A. (Eds.)
Handbook of methods in social psychology. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 429-442.
Maruyama, G. (2003). Disparities in
educational opportunities and outcomes: What do we know
and what can we do? Journal of Social Issues, 59,
653-676.
Maruyama, G. (1998). Basics of
Structural Equation Modeling. Thousand Oaks CA:
Sage.
Revised March 2009
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